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You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
